The strange and wonderful life of a self-confessed bead addict (and speech and language therapist)

06 April 2012

Folksy (Bank Holiday) Friday!!

Hooray for bank holiday weekends! A whole four days to spend at home with my lovely man - just perfect!

Of course, it also means I'll finally get the time to catch up on some blogging, jewellery-making, decopatching, and adding new items to the Folksy store! Does anyone else find that modern life just gets in the way of all things crafty? Hmmm...think I'll file that one away for (yet another) article idea - perhaps one day I'll actually get around to writing it!!

Anyhoo, I promised AAAAGES ago to do a Folksy Friday post with monochrome items...and I've finally gotten around to it! Here are the lovelies that I've picked - in a typically jumbled fashion (that's just how we do things here). Check out the cheeky Easter reference with that gorge bunny cushion! Just click on each individual picture to be taken to the seller's store.

Not forgetting my own monochrome stash...I made this lot months ago, and now I’m finally getting around to listing it, amongst some other goodies – take a look....

For the rest of the day, I’ll be enlisting my long-suffering man to help me put together a tutorial for a crocheted wire necklace, like this one, made on the first day of my Devon holiday away. Day two saw the creation of a matching twisted bracelet...watch this space!

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About Me

About 4 years ago, I was having a rummage through old stuff, partly as a way of avoiding what I was supposed to be doing (organising my bedroom in preparation for moving out of my parent's house). I came across a small box, filled with bits of broken junk jewellery and elastic bead bracelets I'd owned as a teenager. "These are pretty", I thought. "It might be nice to buy some elastic and re-string some". 2 hours and one trip to my local craft shop later....a new addiction had blossomed, and a monster was born!! (As you can probably guess, I bought more than just elastic).
These days, I'm working to make a start in my career as a newly-qualified speech and language therapist, and engaged in a daily battle to keep the bead-related activities to the minimum necessary to enjoy a normal life!
I have a little online shop and a facebook business page - please visit both, and comments are gratefully accepted.
All products displayed are 100% handmade and unique, and commissions are welcome - feel free to get in touch via Folksy or Facebook and ask me anything.
Cheers :)

"Onthe motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels..."Charles Dickens

"My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head"Rita Rudner, American comedienne, writer and actress